Legal Assistant

Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, the UNOPS Integrated Practice Advice and Support (IPAS) unit provides transactional support services and strategic project implementation advice to field offices as well as HQ, such as under the Asia Regional Office, the Middle East Regional Office, the Jerusalem Centre, the Peace and Security Cluster, the Europe and Central Asia Regional Office and the Africa Regional Office.

IPAS provides support in the procurement, legal, finance, human resources, and admin practice areas. By collecting and analyzing information on interactions with several offices, IPAS creates training plans and makes recommendations for more efficient project implementation processes. 

Under the overall guidance of the IPAS Legal Advisor the incumbent shall

• Support in the preparation of standard format documents, guidelines, manuals, other operational tools and training materials; 
• Under the guidance of a member of the IPAS Legal team, research specific legal issues on major databases;
• Assist with conducting due diligence on UNOPS partners and other organisations;
• Support in maintaining the IPAS Legal Intranet site; 
• Under the supervision of a member of the IPAS legal team, compare agreements to the UN standard templates;
• Provide administrative tasks as needed;
• Prepare minutes of meetings and archive signed agreements, as needed;
• Perform other related duties as required.

Education

• Secondary Education with 5 years of working experience is required; relevant university degrees would be a distinct asset and may substitute for some of the required work experience

Experience

• Experience conducting legal research in support of a legal office/government agency/international organization is required;
• Experience in applying, or knowledge of, UN regulations, rules, policies, procedures and practice;
• Experience with legal drafting and an ability to draft concisely, under time pressure;
• Proficiency in the usage of computers and office software packages mandatory (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.).

Contract type, level and duration

Contract type: Local ICA
Contract level: LICA - 5
Contract duration: 1 year renewable 

For more details about the ICA contractual modality, please follow this link:
https://www.unops.org/english/Opportunities/job-opportunities/what-we-offer/Pages/Individual-Contractor-Agreements.aspx 

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.